Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism
Volume 39, Issue 6 , Pages 504-509 , June 2010

Retropharyngeal Calcific Tendinitis: Case Report and Review of the Literature

  • Richard Park, MD

      Affiliations

    • Resident, Department of Internal Medicine, Good Samaritan Hospital, Baltimore, MD
    • ,
  • Daniel E. Halpert, DO

      Affiliations

    • Resident, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
    • ,
  • Alan Baer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Associate Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
    • Director, Johns Hopkins University Clinical Practice, Good Samaritan Hospital, Chief of Rheumatology, Good Samaritan Hospital, Baltimore, MD
    • ,
  • Dario Kunar, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
    • ,
  • Peter A. Holt, MD

      Affiliations

    • Associate Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Peter A. Holt, MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Good Samaritan Hospital, Russell Morgan Building, 5601 Loch Raven Blvd., Suite 509, Baltimore, MD 21239

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 The work should be attributed to the: Department of Rheumatology at the Good Samaritan Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA.

 The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

PII: S0049-0172(09)00054-7

doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2009.04.002

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism
Volume 39, Issue 6 , Pages 504-509 , June 2010

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